St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-14
Fair Weather and Good Stakes
Draw q Crowd to the State
Fair Races.
The Two-Thirty-Two Class for
Minnesota Horses Won by
Tibbett's William H.
w. H. Crawford's Valkyr Took
the $1,000 Purse in the
Three Minute Class.
Fast Pacing Between Mike
Wilkes and Jewett--WilkeS
Winner for To-day.

An eXemplification of the crookedness
that seems to be the necessary accom-
paniment of trotting races and induces
the belief in the minds of the public
that the drivers cook up events the
night before the contest, was furnished
at Hamline yesterday in the three-min-
ute class. After three unsuccessful at
temptS of the driver of Valkyr to finish
in front of horses that afterwards
proved to be manifeStly her inferior
both in speed and bottom the judges
put new man on the sulky, and three
straight heats fell to the share of the
game little mare when properly handled.
There was large crowd in attendance
and they were treated to fine exhibit
ton of trotting, barring the defects men
toned, and in the pacing race nobody
could have desired closer or more eXcit-
ing finishes in each of the three heats.
In the judges stand were MeSSrS. B. ID.
WoodmanSSee and +. c. PillSbury,
Starter NJ. T. Grattan and Timer David
McClasky, of the Ryan hotel, and no
foolishness was permitted on the track
that these gentlemen could prevent.
The first race, = :32 class, for trotters,
purse 5000, fell to the share of the brown
gelding, William II, who outclaSSed his
other competitors, and seemingly eX-
perienced no trouble in leaving them
whenever his driver saw fit. A summary
of this race is as follows:
Samuel Tibbitts' br G Vim H.........1 1
W. H. Mathews m Mollie OConnor.2 2 3
j. D. Martins b Star S3 9
John Douds br G John + .............4 3 4
II. 9: Chase's G Brick. .:...........5 5 6
G. W. Farriers b G General F.........6 6 5
Hiram Adams m Ida R;:........:...7 z DIR
Time, 2:32A, 2:33A, 2:344.
THE THREE MINUTE TRoTTING.
: But the race of the day was in the
three-minute class, guaranteed stake
race for s., 800, six heats being necessary
ere the winner was announced. In
the first heat Rosaline Wilkes was
strong favorite, but behaved badly
from start to finish, running nearly the
entire distance, as did Genevra. There
was long delay in announcing the re-
suit of this heat, the judges having
under consideration the ACCESSIBILITY of
dlStanclng both the unruly trotterS.
First honOrs fell to Senator, with Nor
man Medium second and Valkyr,
the subsequent victor in the race,
third, RoSaline Wilkes fourth and
Ginevra fifth. Admirers of Wilkes still
stuck to her and were gratified by see
ing the next two heats recorded to his
credit, Valkyr making close second
each time. Before the fourth heat was
begun the judges ordered a new driver
into Valkyr's sulky, and the wisdom of
the change was, demonstrated by the
mare winning the three next heats.
practically as she wished, for in none of
them was she urged in the least.
Wilkes, who was regarded as a sure
winner of the race after the third heat,
proved rank quitter in the fourth and
threw up her tail in the stretch, while
her hackers hearts went down in their
shoes. Last place was all that the ia
VOrite could accomplish. and she had a
narrow escape from being distanced.
The gallant uphill fight made by Valkyr
was not wasted upon the crowd, and
when she came under the wire first in
the fourth heat there was spontaneous
OutburSt of enthusiasm from the well
filled grand stand.
Glass Leader had been entered for
this race, but did not arrive in time and
the purse was contested for by Quin-
tette, placed as follows:
". H. Crawford's b. m.
NdlkVr... = i
J. B. Shockency's b. m.
Rosaline Wilkes. ..........4 1 1 5 2 2
II. G. Vaughn's b. G. Sen
W. at e. Yciienrv;s g. h. Nor:
man Medium. ....'......2 3 3 2
Midsall Stock FARMS b. m.
Tfme. 2:2ssi: 3:26is, 2:2s 252ps' FPS,
2:26s4.
The last heat had only three contest
ants, Norman Medium and Genevra be-
ing sent to the stable, not having heat
to their credit.
PACING FOR $1,000.
The best contested race of the day
was that between the PAGERS Mike
Wilkes and Jewett, driven by their
owners, each of whom had $1,000 de-
pending on the result, and to this the
association added $1,000, making a
sweepstakes of $1,000 as prize. Very
little time was lost in scoring in either
of the three heats, the two wiggIers gen
orally getting off at the second attempt.
From start to finish it looked like a
double-team race, each driver sending
his crack along for all that was in him,
but Wilkes proved the better slayer,
and won the purse in three straight
heats. 1t was whipping finish ON
both sides in the second heat, but the
bay kept his head in front under the
wire and won by a throat
latch, although many in the
crowd thought it a dead heat.
Both horses were at their best. and the
time made was the fastest for three con-
Secutiye heats ever made at the Hamline
track, which was about four seconds
slow, and considering the recent heavy
rains the time was phenomenal. The
concluding heat of this race was paced
in the twilight, but those who remained
to the finish were amply rewarded by
the display of speed given.
A summary of this race is as fol-
lows:
A Rorbach's G Mike Wilkes. .....1 1 L
P. Schatzs blk G Jewett ....2 2 Q
Time, 2:19s4, 2:1S, 2:19.
Between the fourth and fifth heats of
the second race Madame Marantette
gave an exhibition in front of the stand
with her Kentucky saddle and park
horse, Woodlawn, which was very in
teresting, and embraced Spanish, side
and running walks, fox, side and Span
ish trots and canter, side canter and sin
ula foot nappc